Hacker News: gumby271

New comment by gumby271 in "Apple HomeView"

gumby271 — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 01:57:10 +0000

I'm curious to see if this is true. Also my pixel tablet in the kitchen is very happy being offline, but whatever.

New comment by gumby271 in "Apple HomeView"

gumby271 — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:03:42 +0000

the FAQ indicates this too:

> To unlock a full, personalized experience on HomeView, users need an Apple Account, a compatible iPhone or iPad, and to be added as a member of the shared home in the Home app.

New comment by gumby271 in "Codex CLI installs a persistent, self-updating background daemon by default"

gumby271 — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:47:08 +0000

I think there's a difference between something that's engineered and precise vs something that's rickety. Just because you built something that might fall apart at any moment doesn't mean it's been engineered with narrow tolerances.

New comment by gumby271 in "Passkeys are a trap"

gumby271 — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:07:37 +0000

I dread the day my mom encounters a web app that only allows passkeys. She gets passwords, and importantly, the ability to log in from any PC just by knowing her password (which, yes, is written in a little notebook, baby steps). If she wants to log into her account on some shared PC, she understands that flow, the password is a key that is synced through her typing it in.

If I have to explain Passkeys syncing from her PC where she made the account, to her phone, then to the 3rd PC using some qr code or bluetooth, then we're both gonna lose it. There is value in passkeys, but there's also huge value in a stupid and slightly less secure password that we've just completely abandoned.

Pebble Round 2 Starts Shipping

gumby271 — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 17:26:37 +0000

Article URL: https://repebble.com/blog/pebble-round-2-starts-shipping

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49924531

Points: 2

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New comment by gumby271 in "Windows 11½"

gumby271 — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 19:01:42 +0000

Yeah the volume slider wasn't disabled for 2 seconds after opening the dialog, Microsoft should take notes!

New comment by gumby271 in "Sonnet 5.5"

gumby271 — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 18:54:37 +0000

If it was trained on HN, there would be a 60% chance of it just saying "I'm so tired of this request, can we please move on"

New comment by gumby271 in "Federal judge orders Texas to air condition all prisons by the end of 2029"

gumby271 — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:25:48 +0000

This guy doesn't want them to die, he wants them to suffer.

New comment by gumby271 in "Federal judge orders Texas to air condition all prisons by the end of 2029"

gumby271 — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:21:38 +0000

> The entire point of punishment is the cruelty

Jesus fucking Christ

New comment by gumby271 in "Missouri governor orders guardrails on Flock cameras and ALPRs"

gumby271 — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:07:53 +0000

10 days, then we come after you with a big cartoon mallet to make you forget.

New comment by gumby271 in "Thanks to Siri Recaps, your Apple Watch is always listening"

gumby271 — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:07:05 +0000

Same with the always-on transcription feature that you dont even need to interact with. I like not having to speak with extreme precision, knowing my words are going into some record.

New comment by gumby271 in "Apple Watch Series 12"

gumby271 — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 02:41:55 +0000

Now imagine knowing that they'll go home and be able to see a nice summary of the various conversations throughout the night. Just very normal social behavior, made easy by Apple.

New comment by gumby271 in "Apple Watch Series 12"

gumby271 — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 01:50:39 +0000

The always on ai summary feature does not, it just does its thing in the background.

New comment by gumby271 in "Apple Watch Series 12"

gumby271 — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 01:49:20 +0000

This thread is so fascinating, I had no idea that because I'm comfortable having an intimate conversation with a friend means I'm also okay with a potentially permanent AI summary being generated based on it, and without my knowledge or consent!

New comment by gumby271 in "Apple Watch Series 12"

gumby271 — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 01:38:41 +0000

Jfc the tedium on this site. Sure, no one makes me feel anything, you're technically right buddy.

I don't appreciate Apple normalizing the already creepy ai note takers that exist and increasing the odds that someone will use them in casual or intimate conversations.

New comment by gumby271 in "Apple Watch Series 12"

gumby271 — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 01:33:24 +0000

The summary feature is always running, and is also creepy to me.

New comment by gumby271 in "Apple Watch Series 12"

gumby271 — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 22:34:54 +0000

It's gonna make a loud ass chime when you do that, so I don't think that's the use case Apple was imagining.

New comment by gumby271 in "Apple Watch Series 12"

gumby271 — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 22:30:17 +0000

Sorry, you're right about the transcript, it's the summary that's generated that's still off putting.

And I don't think we can compare this to weirdos being able to record other people, this is about when my friends come over and I have to wonder if they think it's normal to have running since "it's technically not recording" or "the summary is anonymized. It's normalizing behavior that's just a little weird, like people who use those ai recorders. I fail to see how that's not a violation of my privacy in some way.

Also you don't need to point out stupid gatchas about airpods, don't be an ass.

New comment by gumby271 in "Apple Watch Series 12"

gumby271 — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 21:04:03 +0000

> How is this different from a privacy standpoint of someone simply memorising what you said in the last fifteen seconds and scribbling it down onto a piece of paper?

I would hope to not be friends with such a fucking weird person tbh. But I guess if it's automated into a sexy device it's fine.

New comment by gumby271 in "Apple Watch Series 12"

gumby271 — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 21:01:19 +0000

I think if someone followed me and my friend around and kept a transcript and summary of every conversation between and around us in a little notebook, I would have a basis to say my privacy was being violated, right?